Weekend Roundup in Europe and Korea

waiting on Ki and Sunderland to take on West Ham on Monday but here’s the roundup so far…

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Potentially up to 4 Koreans could’ve been on the pitch for Augsburg’s visit to Mainz on Saturday. With Ji still injured, it was down to 3 Koreans, Hong Jeong-Ho getting involved in the 30th minute when Augsburg’s Klavan exited early with an injury. Koo Ja-Cheol started, played most of the match and looked like a man on a mission to score against his former team. 2 shots looked like excellent candidates to find the back of the net. Though he didn’t score, he did get credit with an assist. His teammate Park Joo-Ho played all 90 minutes and got one shot off.

Tough luck for Bolton as they should’ve had all 3 points on Saturday. Instead they just managed a dramatic draw at the end with a penalty kick save by Bolton’s keeper that kept the score at 1-1. ESPNFC documented Lee Chung-Yong’s contributions: “Wigan were then fortunate to keep 11 players on the pitch. Lee Chung-Yong broke clear before last-man Boyce brought the South Korean down on the edge of the penalty area. Referee Darren Drysdale, though, only chose to award the Barbados defender a booking. However, that did not stem a change in the tide as Wanderers continued to look the more likely side to score next…”

One week after winning Man of the Match for QPR, Yun Suk-Young was on the bench and….didn’t see any playing minutes. Harry Redknapp opted for Dunne again, but unlike last week’s clean sheet – they conceded early in the 11th minute and according to ESPNFC, played a less than stellar game overall.

So many injuries – enough so that the KNT sent some coaches (Kim Tae-young and Park Kun-ha) and physicians to check in on some of their Korean footballers in Germany and England. They’re scheduled to fly out in early April and will also be giving advice on how best to avoid injuries so as to not miss the World Cup. According to Yonhap, “it hasn’t been decided whether head coach Hong Myung-bo will join them.”

In the K-League for week 5:

Saturday, March 29

Steelers

4

Final

Sangju Sangmu

2

Ulsan

2

Final

FC Seoul

1

Jeonbuk

1

Final

Seongnam

0

Sunday, March 30

Jeju United

1

Final

Gyeongnam

1

Incheon

0

Final

Dragons

0

Suwon

1

Final

Busan IPark

0

And some last notes: Ji So-Yun went into the history books a few months ago, first Korean woman to sign for Chelsea in the WSL. The season will be starting in April, here’s a twitter posting of the team in training in Surrey, England:

K League Classic

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Team

P

1

Gyeongnam

9

2

Gangwon

9

3

Pohang Steelers

7

4

Jeonbuk Motors

6

5

Suwon Bluewings

4

6

Incheon United

4

7

Jeju United

4

8

Jeonnam Dragons

3

9

Sangju Sangmu

3

10

Seoul

1

11

Daegu

1

12

Ulsan

0

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March 18, 2018

Suwon Bluewings

1 - 1

Pohang Steelers

Ulsan

0 - 1

Jeju United

Jeonbuk Motors

2 - 1

Seoul

March 17, 2018

Jeonnam Dragons

1 - 3

Gyeongnam

Gangwon

2 - 1

Sangju Sangmu

Incheon United

0 - 0

Daegu

English Premier League

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Team

P

1

Manchester City

81

2

Manchester United

65

3

Liverpool

63

4

Tottenham Hotspur

61

5

Chelsea

56

6

Arsenal

48

7

Burnley

43

8

Leicester City

40

9

Everton

40

10

AFC Bournemouth

36

11

Watford

36

12

Brighton & Hov…

34

13

Newcastle United

32

14

Swansea City

31

15

Huddersfield Town

31

16

Crystal Palace

30

17

West Ham United

30

18

Southampton

28

19

Stoke City

27

20

West Bromwich Albion

20

Hwang Heechan

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Team

P

1

Red Bull Salzburg

62

Bundesliga

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Team

P

1

Bayern München

66

2

Schalke 04

49

3

Borussia Dortmund

48

4

Eintracht Frankfurt

45

5

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

44

6

RB Leipzig

43

7

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

39

8

Stuttgart

37

9

Borussia Mönchengladbach

36

10

Augsburg 1907

35

11

Hertha BSC

35

12

Werder Bremen

33

13

Hannover 96

32

14

SC Freiburg

30

15

Wolfsburg

25

16

1. FSV Mainz 05

25

17

1. FC Köln

20

18

Hamburger SV

18

Kwon Changhoon

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Team

P

10

Dijon

38

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